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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: Re: Assumed evil in non-christians and assumed good in christians
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 16:59:21 EDT
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>      On a slightly different topic, these same musicians are, for a
> large part, very unhappy. They're doing what they want to do and they
> are making a fair amount of money in the process, yet many of them are
> not very happy people. This was kind of surprising since a fairly common
> statement nowadays is "Having a job that makes you happy is what really
> counts." Yet, although these people are very happy with their jobs, a
> lot of them don't seem to be happy people. I've been thinking about this
> lately and haven't gotten my thoughts about it quite enough together yet
> to write them down, but I was wondering if anyone out there had any
> thoughts about it.

I doubt if a job can make you happy for long, in a deeply satisfying
way.  But if you're happy, the job itself will probably seem more
pleasant than it would otherwise.

I'd hate to pin my hopes for happiness on a job.  At least, I guess so...
I must confess that happiness is not one of my goals.  Or contentedness,
or peace of mind, or "postive self-image", etc...
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